Tina Engler

Tina Marie Engler (born January 22, 1972 in Salem, Ohio), better known under the pen name Jaid Black, is a USA Today bestselling author of numerous erotic romance novels.[1] Engler, the founder and majority stock holder of Ellora’s Cave Publishing, is behind the creation of what Ellora’s Cave has trademarked Romantica, a fusion of the erotica and romance genres in popular English literature.[2] She was honored by Romantic Times Magazine with their first ever Trailblazer Award,[3] both for her Romantica contribution to the romance genre, as well as for her pivotal role in popularizing the e-book.[4]

As a public figure, Engler is most well known for her books penned under the pseudonym Jaid Black, as well as for her rise from the rank of welfare recipient to millionaire entrepreneur.[5][6] However, it is her legacy as being the creative genius behind the birth of erotic romance for which she will most be remembered. Engler once told a reporter, “I provided something that wasn’t out there at the time. It’s kind of heady when I think about it.”[7] Concerning her legacy, and the reason behind the creation of Romantica, Engler was quoted in the Los Angeles Times as stating, “[Erotic romance] legitimizes the female sexual experience. Women read these books and it makes them feel normal about their own fantasies.”[8]

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Claude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon

Claude-Henri de Fusée, abbé de Voisenon (8 July 1708 – 22 November 1775) was a French playwright and writer. Born at the château de Voisenon near Melun, he was only ten when he addressed an epistle in verse to Voltaire, who asked the boy to visit him. They remained friends for fifty years. Voisenon made […]

John Cleland

John Cleland (/ˈkliːlənd/; baptised 24 September 1709 – 23 January 1789) was an English novelist best known as the author of Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. James Boswell called him “a sly, old malcontent”.[1] John Cleland was the eldest son of the Scot William Cleland (1673/4 – 1741) and Lucy […]

Nicolas Chorier

Nicolas Chorier (September 1, 1612 – August 14, 1692) was a French lawyer, writer, and historian. He is known especially for his historical works on Dauphiné, as well as his erotic dialogue called The School of Women, or The Seven Flirtatious Encounters of Aloisia (French: L’Academie des dames, ou les Sept entretiens galants d’Aloisia). He […]

Achilles Tatius

Achilles Tatius (Greek: Ἀχιλλεὺς Τάτιος) of Alexandria was a Roman era Greek writer of the 2nd century whose fame is attached to his only surviving work, the ancient Greek novel or romance The Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon. Eustathius of Thessalonica (in his commentary on Homer’s Odyssey 14.350), the Suda, Photius, in his Bibliotheca (cod. […]

Teresa Lo

Teresa Lo is an Asian-American author, blogger, television personality, and screenwriter. Her young adult novel, Hell’s Game, was an Amazon bestseller in 2013;[1] and her Asian-American series, The Red Lantern Scandals, received media attention because of its graphic depiction of Asian-American female sexuality. Hyphen Magazine wrote, “The book is not just about sex but about […]

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